In leadership and especially in pastoring, forward is always the direction of choice. Backwards is never the plan. I have never heard someone say "this quarter we are going to decrease sales" or "this year we are going to down size our congregation." However, in leadership as in life, setbacks are inevitable.How we deal with setbacks will determine whether we are ultimately successful or ultimately a failure. Here are some simple principles for dealing with setbacks:
1. Failure is not Final
2. Many times setbacks are just God's way of showing you a new door or bringing blessing through unconventional means...My Pastor called these "Gifts Wrapped in Less Desirable Packages."
3. Stay True...If Truth get you in a bind Truth will bring you out
4. Do not compromise simply to minimize the setback...it will always cost more than you want to pay and take you farther than you're willing to go.
5. Trust God...All things work together for your good...
6. Trust Wise Counsel...Godly Counsel will always move you in a forward direction
7. Press...Pray...Strive... Don't let setbacks cause you to coast, give up or let down.
Forgetting those things which or behind...I Press toward...
Hang in there... today may feel like 1 step forward and 2 steps back
but tomorrow is a 2 step forward kind of day...
